I heard
that same cheer---"over-rated" chanted by USU students after BYU called
off the dogs one year in Logan during the 4th quarter after USU scored a
touchdown. They forgot the score after 3 quarters was 34 - 0 for BYU.

I knew there would be Ute partisans saying that Texas was overrated.
Wouldn't it be funny to find out they weren't?

And as long
as we're pointing fingers at each other, how about the really classy
run-it-up score of 70 - 7 against Weber State? We all know from Utah's
on-side kick when leading Wyoming by several touchdowns and their score from
yesterday that any class in Utah's football program is non-existent. But
it's the "U"----so what would one expect? Nothing less.....

I met a Texas fan coming down the stairs at half-time with BYU leading 27-14; he
smiled at me and said "didn't see that coming". I was tempted to
mention that he obviously wasn't in Cougar stadium in 1988, but decided it
was better not to add to his obvious pain.

Wouldn't be a bit
surprised to see both BYU and Texas ranked in the final polls.

Too smart for you, you must not have the PAC 12 network. I was at the game, and
the Utes didn't run it up. The 1s and 2s. Played the FIRST half, and the
2s 3s and 4s played the second half and scored 21. Run it up? Please...

I make it a point before and after the games to talk to visiting fans. I
usually get very positive interactions.

I talked with about 12
different Texas fans after the game last night. They were all very grateful for
the kindness, hospitality and graciousness of the BYU fans. They liked Provo
and Salt Lake and many marveled at the rainstorm we had before the game.

They all felt embarassed by their teams tackling and had high praise for
the Cougars aggressive defense. Several said they thought their defense was
suspect and that the run game BYU had surprised them.They individually all
wished the Y success in the rest of their season. I wished them all a safe
journey home and invited them to come back anytime. All said they would love
to.

It would be nice to have similar conversations with fans after
the game in two weeks.

Sorry Ute fans, you can't have it both ways: Before the game crowing and
bragging about how BYU is going to get trashed by Texas #15 and how awful BYU is
and then, after the game talk about how overrated Texas is.

Fact is
NO ONE of note figured on what happened. Gordo Monson trashed BYU's offense
before the game and then meekly acknowledged the offense did well. No duh.

It all comes down to credibility akin to the Little Boy Who Cried
Wolf.

That said, a number of very classy Ute fans congratulated BYU
in Comments on other stories and that kind of fan is to be respected and
acknowledged.

I watched the Utah-Weber State game from whistle to whistle. There was NO
running up the score. Weber State was inept. Wilson was replaced at half and
many second, third and fourth stringers played the entire second half. I had
problems with what Whittingham did with Wyoming but this was not the case here.
If Utah kept playing its starters they might have scored a 100 points,
that's how bad Weber played.

I don't see Texas being that good. They just fired their DC and obviously
their program is in disarray.

I think Mack Brown has had a solid
coaching career but is a bit long in the tooth and has let things in his program
slip. I think losing Musgrave to Florida was a huge loss to their program. I
see Mack Brown as being a bit like Auburn's Gene Chizik who lucked into a
remarkable athlete at quarterback and with good coordinators won a national
championship. Both the quarterbacks and top coordinators left and their
programs have slipped big time. Brown is a bit smarter than Chizik so it
hasn't quite has been as problematic for Texas, plus he doesn't have
Alabama in his state.

Bottom line I see Texas going 8-5 or 7-6. They
will likely get crushed by Oklahoma and winning games in their league will be
tough, especially if Ash misses games.

I give BYU credit for having
a good game plan and the play of Hill was excellent, especially running the
ball. But it should be obvious to all that Texas isn't the Texas of
Darrell Royal or anything close.